Afro Costa Rican through the years have contributed enormously to Costa Rica´s idiosyncrasy. Costa Rica is a small country that without all the diversity that offers each zone of the country it could not be as touristic as it is. I believe that visitor love to see all this colorful and friendly subcultures.
Afro descents are in all the country, but the biggest population is located in Limón, that is why we can find most of the Afro Costa Rican culture´s representation in Limón. This representation includes all kind of art that they have.
These are some of the biggest contribution of Afro Costa Ricans.
Literature
They are a lot books with literature focus on this subculture and we are not talking about "Cocorí" a book writer by Joaquín Gutiérrez that describe a 6 years-old boy as an ignorant. As Duncan said in a interview with UNA Mirada "every one can write everything they want, the problem is to use that kind of books to teach young students."
Vanessa McRae said, " As a Afro Costa Rican, I feel offended because of the way the writer described Cocorí. How we can say that we live in a society with equal human rights if we thought our students with this kind of books. "
Afro Costa Ricans are well-represented in literature. We can find some important writers that care about human rights and equality; some of them are Quince Duncan, Eulalia Bernard, and Shirley Campbell.
Quince Duncan is the first writer that criticized the racism in Costa Rica. He has written books, stories, tales, theater works, and assays. He is one of the most important writer in Costa Rica because his talent to express his ideas.
“Sueño con un mundo sin racismo, sin discriminaciones.
No es un mundo de iguales, porque no creo en la igualdad;
tenemos 300 años de ser iguales e igual seguimos sufriendo.
Creo, en cambio, en la equidad, donde todos tengamos
los mismos derechos y las mismas oportunidades”.
by Quince Duncan
Eulalia Bernard is the first African descents woman that wrote books in Costa Rica and the most important poetry writer from our Afro Costa Rican descents. She has fought for women and minorities´rights and is well-known for all her input in Costa Rican´s Literature. She is very passion about her roots. All her knowledge has helped her to develop her abilities to write in English, Spanish, and limonense creole.
Other two important writers are Epsy and Shirley Campbell, two Afro descents siblings that have dedicated part of their work to fight for afro Costa Rican, women, and all minorities´ rights. Shirley Campbell has written poetry and her idea is to educate in a nice way through poetry. Epsy Campbell looks for equality for all human, all of her speeches emphasize the need to live in a better society.
Painting
This couple does such a great job to represent Costa Rican culture through art, for more information about their products, prices, social work you can visit their web site: http://rishandtosh.wix.com/official
Architecture
The architecture from Afro descents is different that all that we can find in the country. Their traditional houses are made of wood and zinc. The Caribbean zone in Costa Rica suffers a lot of floods during the raining season. Because of that, they built their houses over wood pillars to protect their lives and their possession from the raining. It is important to mentioned that not all Afro Costa Rican build their house in that way, it is just a way of adaption according to the zone they live.
Traditional Clothing
Afro Costa Ricans have colorful clothing, but they use it just for important events or parades. Even though there is one tradition that is still very common in Afro Costa Ricans. They use a beautiful braiding hair and it is one of the most traditional hairstyle. It does not mean that all of them use braiding hair, but it is another good representation of art in Limón.
Conclusion
Costa Rica is rich because all of its diversity of people. Every subculture is a fundamental part of this nation. In this case, Afro Costa Rica contribution is amazed; this country would not be as developed as it is without all the contribution of Afro descents.
References
Enciclopedia de Historia y Cultura del Caribe. "Quince Duncan Moodie." En Caribe. Web 3 Jun. 2016
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